Publications by authors named "S Schmickler"

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  • Myopia is a significant cause of eye disease and vision impairment, and the AIM study seeks to evaluate the effectiveness of 0.02% atropine eye drops in slowing its progression specifically in a German population of children.
  • The study is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial involving children aged 8-12 with myopia, aiming to compare the effects of atropine 0.02% against a placebo over three years.
  • Key outcomes will include changes in eye refraction and axial length, along with safety assessments, with a target enrollment of 300 participants to ensure robust results.
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Meiotic recombination is an essential mechanism during sexual reproduction and includes the exchange of chromosome segments between homologous chromosomes. New allelic combinations are transmitted to the new generation, introducing novel genetic variation in the offspring genomes. With the improvement of high-throughput whole-genome sequencing technologies, large numbers of recombinant individuals can now be sequenced with low sequencing depth at low costs, necessitating computational methods for reconstructing their haplotypes.

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Background: Amblyopia is the most frequent cause for decreased vision in childhood. Important risk factors for amblyopia (ARF) are refractive errors. The aim of this study was to examine the reliability of the Plusoptix Autorefractor A09 (POA09) to detect refractive ARF.

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Background: The retrospective study provides real-world evidence for long-term clinical efficacy of electrical optic nerve stimulation (ONS) in glaucoma with progressive vision loss.

Methods: Seventy glaucoma patients (45 to 86 y) with progressive vision loss despite therapeutic reduction of intraocular pressure (IOP) underwent electrical ONS. Closed eyes were separately stimulated by bipolar rectangular pulses with stimulus intensities up to 1.

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Background: The KVWL-QS assists ophthalmologists in the transfer for good clinical praxis into real life. In addition the QS-commission initiated a pilotstudy "Qualitäts-Versorgung bei AMD" (Q‑VERA) in order to test new instruments for improvements. It was analized, if Reading Center (RC) based controls in combination with specific case-management modules can improve the results of IVOM treatment.

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